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Artificial intelligence may be pandemic lifesaver... one day
AFP, Published on 26/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - On December 30, researchers using artificial intelligence systems to comb through media and social platforms detected the spread of an unusual flu-like illness in Wuhan, China.
Woman uses drone to look for son's body in Mexico's killing fields
AFP, Published on 06/03/2020
» SALINAS VICTORIA (MEXICO) - Leticia Hidalgo smears her face with sunscreen and walks steadily across the weedy wasteland she has come to know as one of Mexico's killing fields.
Solar Orbiter set to launch in mission to reveal Sun's secrets
AFP, Published on 10/02/2020
» MIAMI - The US-European Solar Orbiter probe launches Sunday night from Florida on a voyage to deepen our understanding of the Sun and how it shapes the space weather that impacts technology back on Earth.
Barrage of mysterious bomb hoaxes plagues Moscow
AFP, Published on 10/02/2020
» MOSCOW: Moscovites are mystified by a flood of bomb hoaxes forcing the evacuation of courts, schools and malls while authorities appear unable to find the culprits even after months of disruption to public life.
Rome to unveil tomb that may belong to wolf-suckled king
AFP, Published on 21/02/2020
» ROME: An ancient tomb thought to belong to Rome's founder Romulus will be presented to the world on Friday, bringing to a head months of investigation by history sleuths.
Black 'rock' from AD 79 Italy eruption is part of exploded brain
AFP, Published on 23/01/2020
» ROME - It looks like a piece of rock - black, shiny and unexceptional.
How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
AFP, Published on 01/02/2020
» PARIS - From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere.
Even if you opt out, Facebook still knows where you are
AFP, Published on 18/12/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook can determine where users are even if they opt out of having their whereabouts tracked, the company revealed in a letter sent to US senators.
In Brazil's pampas, a Triassic Park once flourished
AFP, Published on 20/12/2019
» SãO JOãO DO POLêSINE, Brazil: Millions of years before the arrival of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, another fearsome dinosaur - the Gnathovorax - roamed what is now southern Brazil, ripping apart its prey with sharp teeth.
French troops battle an elusive foe in hostile Sahel
AFP, Published on 20/12/2019
» BURKINA FASO-MALI BORDER, Burkina Faso: As night fell over the Sahel, the French soldiers drew their armoured vehicles into a protective square, rather like the wagon-borne settlers of America's Old West.